. A flying trip to the tropics. A record of an ornithological visit to the United States of Colombia, South America and to the island of Curaçao, West Indies, in the year 1892 . ots; but why they are thus called I could notfind out. The kitchen of our hotel was peculiar. It was a largeroom, without fireplace, stove, or chimney. Along two sides ran abuilt-up ledge of stone, much like the hearth in a country black-smiths shop. On this all the cooking was done, a dozen little firesbeing built at intervals. All of the earthenware utensils madein the country have round bottoms and no legs, so they
. A flying trip to the tropics. A record of an ornithological visit to the United States of Colombia, South America and to the island of Curaçao, West Indies, in the year 1892 . ots; but why they are thus called I could notfind out. The kitchen of our hotel was peculiar. It was a largeroom, without fireplace, stove, or chimney. Along two sides ran abuilt-up ledge of stone, much like the hearth in a country black-smiths shop. On this all the cooking was done, a dozen little firesbeing built at intervals. All of the earthenware utensils madein the country have round bottoms and no legs, so they cannotbe made of themselves to stand upright, but three round cobble- THE MULE ROAD AND GUADUAS. 103 stones must be placed around the fire, and the vessel placed onthem. I thought it best to have my drinking-water boiled whilst I wassick, so purchased an earthenware jar for the purpose ; but I hadgreat trouble in the matter. At one time, as soon as the waterboiled it was taken by the servants to wash dishes; at another time,when I asked about it, the cook, to see how hot the water was, puther hand into it. I was also occupied for a portion of the day in trying to destroy. MARKKT IN PLAZA AT GUADUAS. some of the fleas in our room. I purchased a pound of crystallizedcarbolic acid, with which I made a strong solution, and scrubbedthe floor with a broom, being careful to let the liquid run into thecracks; but at night we were bitten as severely as before. Every 104 A FLYING TFiIP TO THE TROPICS. morning our white blankets were found full of them. They creepinto the wool as they would were it growing on an animals few dogs that I saw around Guaduas were abject-lookingcreatures, and appeared as if life w^ere a burden to them. Themost of them were hairless. They are not only devoured by fleas, II 1 11 M ^ ito ^ .\ m F F - -mS^^^m M aUHj V • ^»M wSI^^^ A PACK-OX AT GUADUAS. but there are other vermin which burrow under the skin, like the wolf in our rabbit. Cattle suffer i
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